USER'S GUIDE
BASIC OPERATION
PK232UG Rev. B 9/86
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3.2.2
Mode Indicator LEDs
STBY
ARQ/FEC Standby
Lit when AMTOR ARQ or FEC Mode
MODE L
ARQ - Listen
Lit when system is in AMTOR Listen Mode
FEC
FEC - Mode B
Lit when system is in AMTOR FEC Mode
ASCII
ASCII Code
Lit when system is in ASCII RTTY Mode
BAUDOT
Baudot/CCITT Code Lit when system is in Baudot RTTY Mode
ARQ
ARQ - Mode A
Lit when system is in AMTOR ARQ Mode
CHECK
Undefined
Reserved for possible future application
PKT
Packet
Lit when system is in Packet Mode
MORSE
Morse Code
Lit when system is in Morse Mode
3.2.2.1
The DCD LED - Data Carrier Detect
Use the DCD LED as an indication of channel activity. Your PK-232 detects activity on
the channel (busy condition) by monitoring the demodulator's lock-detect signal and
lighting the DCD LED when a valid signal exists. When the other station transmits, the
DCD LED on your PK-232 should be lit for the duration of the received Packet
frame.
If the DCD LED is lit by random noise, rotate the THRESHOLD control counterclockwise
until the DCD LED is extinguished. Valid received packets will almost always light the
DCD LED, although your PK-232 may actually decode packets too weak to light the DCD
LED.
3.2.3
LED at System Start
You PK-232 always starts in the Command Mode. At system start-up, or each time you
type the RESTART command, your PK-232 shows its status on the front-panel LEDs:
STATUS:
CMD lit
3.2.4
Tuning Indicator
(See Figure 2-1)
Two center bars are lit when a tone is not present. When a "mark" tone is received, the
bars at the left side of the display will be lit. Received "space" tones will light bars at the
right side of the display. A properly-tuned signal is symmetrically divided, with the bright
bars at the ends of the display. A properly-tuned CW signal shifts the lit bars from the
center to the right side of the display in rhythm with the Morse keying.
In FM, tones are set by the sending station and can't be changed by the received station.